WordPress Console <= 0.3.9 - Missing Authorization via reload.php

2023-03-14 00:00

Prasanna V Balaji

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginWordPress Console

Affected Version<= 0.3.9

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-28168

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Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress Console plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and execution of files due to missing authorization in several files such as reload.php, complete.php, and query that is also missing direct file access controls in versions up to, and including, 0.3.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to unset the '$_SESSION['console_vars']' and '$_SESSION['partial']' variables and potentially achieve remote code execution if they can successfully exploit the type juggling weakness in query.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28168 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fd3cd605-6292-4a04-9aee-f4b9a8127e8e

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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